Schieffer brought up Ayers.

LOL here goes McCain's excuse again... IF ONLY OBAMA do the townhalls like i want, ITS ALL HIS FAULT!!!

Joe, the plumber, and Obama.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/10/barack-obama-and-the-plumbing.html

McCain brought the John Lewis remarks...

Let's see how McSame responds.
McSame blames John Lewis, and asks O to repudiate.

McStain's goin out like an old Bword

He just punted the Ayers question

Ole Yellow Stain!

McCain looks incredibly wired he knows that if he can't perform a miracle tonight then it pretty much over for him.

McCain looks incredibly wired he knows that if he can't perform a miracle tonight then it pretty much over for him.

***sigh***

are we really debating, in this time of economic crises and foreign turmoil, who's campaign has been more negative?!

i'm so pissed off right now...

McCain's constant interruptions are going to hurt him .. he's doing the Gore sighing!

McLame did not have guts to look into O's face and say O pals around with terrorists.
O himself brought it up.

McCain is so fucking obnoxious with his interruptions

Boards are soooo slow!!!

McLame is whining, Obama keeps saying let's rise above.

lol ACORN attack, says the guy who was the keynote speaker at.

He was stupid to bring this up, ACORN Ayers

Sky high repubs during Obama's last talk... Point: GROW UP. GOP'ers making under 50k's liked it.

McCain's ACORN talk was looney bin stuff.

Sweet. Watch Obama smack down McCain's last hope.

McLame is so fucked.

good answer on who he associates with...

anytime you can drop a title like "supreme allied commander of nato" you're in good shape.

The Aryers thing is over. that was McCain's big punch. Now for the rest of the debate watch BO wipe the floor with McCain.

Schieffer is a scumbag for bringing this up in the 1st place. Secondly, I just wished O brought up McLame's associations with terrorists and thugs, and there are plenty.

This is elder abuse

Who's bringing up Palin? O?

McCain has this edgy look to him, pained crooked grin, eyes darting side to side.

Desperation at it's fullest, but that is when risks are taken and when foolish things are said.

Huffington Post has a more detailed description of the exchange between Obama and Joe the Plumber.

Joe still isn't convinced that Obama won't tax him more and it sounds to me like that's because Joe doesn't completely understand business accounting.

Joe acts like he's going to be personally taxed if the business grosses more than $250k a year rather than if that's income after expenses.

I don't know how big this plumbing company is that Joe wants to buy but it should be pretty easy to figure out what their income was last year and if he's going to have to pay more because of Obama's tax policy.

McCain obfuscated on individual income taxes and corporate income taxes as he's done all along. Scare the little guy by threatening his dream and prey on his ignorance.

Since the average plumber makes $45k a year and Joe is worried he's going to be taxed because he might make more than $250k a year, I'd advise Joe to consider talking to an accountant and tax lawyer about the differences between being a sole proprietor and incorporating.

From what Joe the Plumber said to Katie Couric by audio, he's a McCain guy, and he wanted to stump Obama and get him to admit he'd raise his taxes. Couric asks if he's going to make over $250K cause that's when Obama would raise his taxes and Joe admits that's not the case. Further, Joe basically says, "but the point is that if it's $250K now, it could be $100K sometime and then I would get hit," which is why McCain was so steady in the debate, he said, and Obama not very specific, he said, and then said Obama tap danced like Sammy Davis Jr. (couldn't come up with Gregory Hines, even?). So his entire premise to Obama in the street was a set up. I don't think Joe the Plumber is buying any business any time soon.

Obama's response to the Plumber Joe attack was weak, off the mark, and robotic--the low point of his performance. An alert debater could have built on any of these points: Hats off to Joe the entrepreneur. When your before-tax income goes up, so do your taxes and so does your after-tax income; you are better off and so is the country. If you have a business, your taxes are on net, not total, income. Obama's expected tax rates for 2010 were set by the Republicans who drafted the Bush temporary tax cuts. Barack recognizes that those cuts have fueled inflation and bled the treasury, as McCain himself predicted. It's a shame that McCain has reversed himself and now embraces the disastrous free-lunch economics that are biting all of us, not just Joe, and threaten to devour our children.

Joe the Plumber was a set up. What did he do? Call the McCain campaign and say, "Hey, I just talked to Obama and yada yada . . .?" And they said, "Hey, we'll work out a strategy around Joe the Plumber on taxes and health care. It'll be great."

Wanted: Actor to play Joe the Plumber. Must meet and greet with "that one". Contact McCain Campaign.